Youth-Led Digital Innovations for Sustainable Development and Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific

April 23

5:30 pm

Bangkok

Thailand

ESCAP

This side event of the 80th Commission Session on “Youth-Led Digital Innovations for Sustainable Development and Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific” will bring together regional youth, policymakers, and other session participants to highlight existing and emerging youth-led digital innovations for the SDGs and climate action in Asia and the Pacific, including applications of artificial intelligence. It will also build off the dialogue and messages from relevant events such as the Asia-Pacific regional session of the ECOSOC Youth Forum and the concurrent YECAP Regional Dialogue on Youth Empowerment.

Furthermore, this side event will explore how governments can work with and support youth-led digital innovations, while also closing the gender digital divide, in the necessary spirit of cooperation across the whole of society and in the interest of better leveraging solutions. Given the nature of the topic, this side event aims to do this in an engaging and interactive format, will have in-person and online attendance options, and will be open to all Commission Session participants and other interested persons (online and in person).

Event Objectives

This side event will:

Present the messages from the 11th APFSD, the Asia-Pacific regional session of the ECOSOC Youth Forum, and the concurrent YECAP Regional Dialogue on Youth Empowerment.
Highlight existing and emerging youth-led digital innovations for the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific, with an emphasis on climate action and artificial intelligence.
Explore how governments can work with and support youth-led digital innovations.
Discuss the ways to bridge the gender digital divide and leave no one behind.

Registration

For all registrants, please register using the form here: https://bit.ly/youthledinnovation

For onsite attendance, please register by 10 April and, to access the United Nations Conference Centre, you must also register on the United Nations Indico system by 10 April here, selecting the final option “Registration for Others”: https://indico.un.org/event/1007591/registrations/*Please note that this will require creating an Indico account if you do not already have one.
For online attendance, you will be sent the meeting link and further instructions after registering.